Improvement in crosscut-saw handles



H. BARRON. Gross-Gut Saw-Handle.

A No. 208,506. Patented Oct. 1, 1878 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HORTON BARRON, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CROSSCUT-SAW HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,506, dated October1, 1878; application filed April 15, 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HORTON BARRON, of EauClaire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and Improved Handle for Orosscut-Saws; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of myimproved handle, said view showing the position of the same when graspedby the hands of the operator during the act of sawing down a tree. Fig.2 is a perspective view of my improved handle, showing the mainhorizontal handle A of Fig. 1 turned up into position at right angleswith the saw-blade d when the sawblade is operated for cutting avertical kerf or for cutting up fallen timber. Fig. 3 is a plan View ofmy improved handle, as shown in Fig. 1, illustrating by dotted linescertain adjustments of the saw-blade which can be made with reference tothe handle when desired. Fig. 4: is a sectional view, showing one end ofthe saw-blade and the mode of securin g each end to a handle. Fig. 5 isa sectional View in the line a: 00. of Fig. 4.

One object of my invention is to provide the means whereby the bindingor buckling of a crosscut-saw may be prevented when in use in ahorizontal position in cutting down timber, and thus secure ease ofoperation and freedom from unnecessary fatigue to the operator.

Another object is to provide the means whereby an adjustment of thepitch of the saw with reference to the handle may be readily effected tosuit thei operator, according to the circumstances incident to the useof this class of saws.

Another object is to provide a crosscut-saw with such a handle that thesame may be well adapted for use, whether the saw be operated to cut avertical or a horizontal kerf.

In the drawings, A indicates a main handle, constructed with a widenedand flattened portion, b, with a kerf or slot, 0, cut therein for thereception of the saw-blade d, as shown in the figures. One end of thesaw-blade is inserted in the kerf c, and is firmly clamped therein bymeans of an upright small handle,

B, provided with a screw-pintle, e, which is made to pass through theflattened portion 1 of the handle A and a perforation in the end of thesaw-blade, which is within the kerf or slot 0. This pintle e, at itsouter end a, is screw-threaded in order that it may be screwed into ametal screw-plate, 6 which is secured by screws 6 or in any other propermanner, to the under side of the flattened portion 1) of the handle A.It will thus be seen that when the small handle B is turned to the rightthe saw-blade may be firmly clamped and held in a fixed position in theslot 0, and that by reversing this movement of the handle B thesaw-blade may be released, and thereafter reclamped either in the sameposition or at any desired angle to the handle A, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 3.

In the operation of the saw, supposing it to be used for sawing downtimber, the movements of the saw can be so governed by the right hand ofthe operator, as at h, in conjunction with the left hand of theoperator, as at h, as to maintain an exact register of the saw-bladewith the kerf being cut in a standing tree, and thus prevent the bindingor bending of the saw-blade in the kerf during the act of sawing. Inother words, for example, as the saw is forced forward and pulled backby the handle B in the act of sawing a horizontal kerf, the operator canso govern the blade by the handle A as to compel the saw to maintain anexact level position with the kerf.

Under many circumstances it is desirable to operate the saw at an anglevarying from that shown in full lines in the figures, and for thisreason I provide the means whereby such adjustment can readily beeffected to suit the convenience of the operator.

A saw provided with my improved handle can also be used for cutting uptimber after it has been cut down, in which case the handle A would beadjusted to the upright position shown in Fig. 2.

Ordinarily crosscut-saws have but one handle, and this at a right anglewith the back edge of the saw-blade, so that when the saw is used to outdown the timber the handle is made to assume a horizontal position,which position is inconvenient and, so to speak, un-

natural; but by myinventiou an upright han- Vt'itness my hand, in thematter of my apdle is provided for thrusting and pulling the plicationfor a patent for an improved handle saw-blade, whether the blade be usedfor eutfor crosseut-saws, this 30th day of March, A.

ting either a vertical or a horizontal kert'. I). 1878.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- HORTON BARRON.

A handle, A, having a kerf 01" slot, 0, to receive the saw-blade, incombination with a \Vituesses: clamping-handle, B, and plate 0',substun- FRANK JONES, tially as and for the purpose described. 1. E.SNODGRASS.

